Well wrestling fans, there was a BIG HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING MATCH last night in Inver Grove Heights, MN as #26 ranked Apple Valley took on #40 Simley. In front of 1900 rabid, screaming fans, the Eagles of AV came away with a 38-24 victory.
Now that would have been exciting enough in itself. But, the real excitement came when #3 ranked 2019 stud Daniel Kerkvliet bumped up from 220 to take on #1 ranked 2018 HWT. Gable Steveson (Gopher commit). As you may remember, Kerkvliet was committed to Minny and really wanted to come here, but then he kept growing and got too big to wrestle 197 in college. As we already had Steveson at HWT, we had to let Kerkvliet go and then he committed to OKSU, where he will wrestle HWT.
So World Champs Kerkvliet and Steveson wanted to be able to wrestle the best competition possible, so they decided to have a go at it!!
Here is the video of the match from FloWrestling.com and an article on the match from Intermat:
https://www.flowrestling.org/events/6097646-apple-valley-vs-simley/videos?playing=6098537
Steveson edges Kerkvliet in battle of world champs
InterMat Staff
2/3/2018
Gable Steveson edged Daniel "Greg" Kerkvliet 3-2 (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. -- In a battle of freestyle world champions, Gable Steveson of Apple Valley (Minn.) edged Daniel "Greg" Kerkvliet (Simley, Minn.) 3-2 in front of 1,900 fans on Friday night at Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Apple Valley defeated Simley 38-24.
Steveson, the nation's No. 1 senior, won two Cadet world titles before moving up to the Junior level last year and winning a Junior world title in Tampere, Finland. Kerkvliet, the nation's No. 2 220-pounder, won a Cadet world title in freestyle in September. He moved up to heavyweight to face Steveson.
With the match tied 1-1 in the third period, Steveson shot a low double leg, which he converted to take a takedown to grab a 3-1 lead. Kerkvliet escaped a short time later, but Steveson held on for the one-point victory.
Steveson signed with the University of Minnesota, while the junior Kerkvliet has given a verbal commitment to Oklahoma State.
"When we get to the NCAA finals, it's not going to look like this," Steveson, told the Pioneer Press. "The score's not going to be 3-2 next time. All respect to him, but I'm coming for it. He's mine."
Now that would have been exciting enough in itself. But, the real excitement came when #3 ranked 2019 stud Daniel Kerkvliet bumped up from 220 to take on #1 ranked 2018 HWT. Gable Steveson (Gopher commit). As you may remember, Kerkvliet was committed to Minny and really wanted to come here, but then he kept growing and got too big to wrestle 197 in college. As we already had Steveson at HWT, we had to let Kerkvliet go and then he committed to OKSU, where he will wrestle HWT.
So World Champs Kerkvliet and Steveson wanted to be able to wrestle the best competition possible, so they decided to have a go at it!!
Here is the video of the match from FloWrestling.com and an article on the match from Intermat:
https://www.flowrestling.org/events/6097646-apple-valley-vs-simley/videos?playing=6098537
Steveson edges Kerkvliet in battle of world champs
InterMat Staff
2/3/2018
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. -- In a battle of freestyle world champions, Gable Steveson of Apple Valley (Minn.) edged Daniel "Greg" Kerkvliet (Simley, Minn.) 3-2 in front of 1,900 fans on Friday night at Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Apple Valley defeated Simley 38-24.
Steveson, the nation's No. 1 senior, won two Cadet world titles before moving up to the Junior level last year and winning a Junior world title in Tampere, Finland. Kerkvliet, the nation's No. 2 220-pounder, won a Cadet world title in freestyle in September. He moved up to heavyweight to face Steveson.
With the match tied 1-1 in the third period, Steveson shot a low double leg, which he converted to take a takedown to grab a 3-1 lead. Kerkvliet escaped a short time later, but Steveson held on for the one-point victory.
Steveson signed with the University of Minnesota, while the junior Kerkvliet has given a verbal commitment to Oklahoma State.
"When we get to the NCAA finals, it's not going to look like this," Steveson, told the Pioneer Press. "The score's not going to be 3-2 next time. All respect to him, but I'm coming for it. He's mine."
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